Rebecca Gethings
Rebecca Gethings is an English actress best known for her roles in film and television comedies such as The Thick of It, Extras, The Mimic, David Brent: Life on the Road and Call the Midwife.
Early life Edit
Rebecca Gethings was born in 1976 in Alberta, Canada, and moved to Berkshire, England, with her family whilst still a child. She trained as an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[1]
Career Edit
Film and television Edit
Gethings has collaborated several times with Armando Iannucci, improvising with the US cast of Veep, in which she also appears.[2] Iannucci later cast her as Helen Hatley, the ambitious special adviser to Nicola Murray in the fourth and final series of The Thick of It.[3]
Gethings played Lizzie in episode 4 of 'Extras', directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. In 2016, she worked again with Gervais, playing Miriam, the head of Human Resources in David Brent: Life on the Road.[4]
In 2017, Gethings appeared as Jane in Mad to Be Normal.
In March 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Fran Claverley.[5]
From January 2023, Gethings portrayed Sister Veronica in the twelfth series of BBC period drama Call the Midwife.[6][7][8] She later told Radio Times: "I was just blown away by how welcome I was made by the cast. How kind and generous they all were to me, and patient. I love Sister Veronica because she’s naughty, and so I hope she gets to do a little bit more naughtiness."[9]
Gethings has voiced a number of animated characters for children's television, advertising campaigns and documentaries. and was the voice of Maiya the Meerkat in the Compare The Market TV advertising campaign.[10]
Theatre Edit
Gethings' stage work includes The Vegemite Tales at The Venue (2006),[11][12][13] Blessie Blatt in Chicken Soup with Barley at the Royal Court Theatre[14] (which was later produced as a radio play for BBC Radio 3, featuring Gethings in the same role)[15] and the West End theatre production of Maxim Gorky's Vassa.
Personal life Edit
Gethings' long time partner is the Emmy award-winning animation director Tom Brass.[16][17] They have two children. In May 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom, Gethings and her then three-year-old daughter produced a podcast titled Dear Crocodile.[18][19]
Partial filmography Edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | EastEnders | Nurse | Episode dated 19 March 2001 |
| 2002 | Attachments | Ruth | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Comedy Lab | Series 6 episode 2: Clitheroe | |
| 2005 | Extras | Lizzie | Series 1 episode 4: Les Dennis |
| The Blind Productions Project | Woman | Short film | |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Hot Room Technician #2 | |
| 2008 | Doctors | Andrea Quigley | Series 10 episode 84 |
| 2008–2009 | Freezing | Kim | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Not Going Out | Dawn | Series 3 episode 2: Winner |
| The Omid Djalili Show | 1 episode | ||
| 2010 | Dani's House | Miss Batstone | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Holby City | Rosalind Timms | Series 13 episode 39 |
| My Family | Vera | Series 11 episode 11: A Night Out | |
| 2012 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Head Juror | 1 episode |
| The Thick of It | Helen Hatley | Series 4; 4 episodes | |
| A Young Doctor's Notebook & Other Stories | Mother | 1 episode | |
| Little Crackers | Mum | ||
| 2013 | Drifters | Gabby | Series 1 episode 3: Work Experience |
| 2014 | Veep | Bank of England lady | 1 episode |
| The Mimic | Harriet | 5 episodes | |
| BBC Comedy Feeds | Aoife | 1 episode | |
| 2015 | Cradle to Grave | Ruby/Woman at dinner dance | 1 episode |
| 2016 | David Brent: Life on the Road | Miriam Clark | |
| 2017 | Mad to Be Normal | Jane Simons | |
| You, Me and Him | Biggles Tilsbury | ||
| 2018 | Doctors | Barbara Buckland | Series 19 episode 154 |
| 2020 | There She Goes | Leila | Series 2 episode 3: Headspace |
| Doctors | Fran Claverley | Series 21 episode 90 | |
| 2022 | The Serpent Queen | Eleanor of Austria | Series 1; 6 episodes |
| Breeders | Rheumatologist | Series 3 episode 4: No Body | |
| 2023–present | Call the Midwife | Sister Veronica | Series 12; 8 episodes |
References Edit
- ^ "Rebecca Gethings Filmography". IMDb. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "rebecca-gethings". rebecca-gethings. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Funny girls". 7 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Rebecca Gethings – Movies 2016". cinemablog.me. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Writer: Kim Millar; Director: John Maidens; Producer: Peter Leslie Wild (25 March 2020). "Privilege". Doctors. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ "Call the Midwife newcomer says her new character 'ruffles feathers'". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ Duke, Simon (January 2023). "Call the Midwife's new nun Sister Veronica to make debut as new series starts". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ McLaughlin, Charlotte (13 February 2023). "BBC confirms two more series of hit show Call The Midwife". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Hibbs, James (2 May 2023). "Call the Midwife newcomer "blown away" by welcoming cast". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Actors". calypsovoices.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Vale, Paul (4 August 2006). "The Vegemite Tales Review". The Stage. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "The Vegemite Tales". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Marlowe, Sam (4 August 2006). "The Vegemite Tales". The Times. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Cast announced for Chicken Soup with Barley". Royal Court Theatre. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Chicken Soup with Barley". BBC Radio 3. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Rebecca Gethings (@RGethings) on Twitter". Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via Twitter.
- ^ Coady-Stemp, Emily (31 October 2019). "Wandsworth family praying for safe return of cat missing since September". SW Londoner. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Hey everyone, I hope that you're all doing ok. Here is the first episode of a podcast that I have made with my three year old. It's called 'Dear Crocodile' and is a bit of gentle entertainment which we hope you'll enjoy..." 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Dear Crocodile". PodBean. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
External links Edit
- Rebecca Gethings at IMDb
- Official website